I'm Still Here 2024 ( 8)

A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

O Filho Eterno 2016 ( 7.4)

Roberto is in the edge to become a father for the first time. He was already dreaming of the years yet to come, wondering how his son would be. While trying to figure out how to act like a father he must also face and endure a tough reality - to be a Down syndrome child's dad. Insecure and ashamed of the situation he will have to confront and overcome it.

400 Against 1: A History of Organized Crime 2010 ( 5.5)

The story of William da Silva Lima, the last survivor of the group that founded the Comando Vermelho at the end of the 1970s. It shows him living together with the political prisoners incurred under the same National Security Law and his leadership in the Ilha Grande Prison creating a type of unheard of conduct and solidarity in the Brazilian prisons. The film goes on to tell of the group's actions on the streets of Rio de Janeiro during the beginning of the 80s when they irritated the police with their daring robberies, as well as portraying the surprising love story between William and Tereza. The narrative weaves its way between the intimate conflict and the spectacular assaults and escapes.

Mandacaru Vermelho 1961 ( 6.6)

Despite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape. According tradition in Northeast Brazil, her aunt goes after them, in order to kill them for revenge.

The Man Who Couldn't Sleep 2012 ( 2)

On a same night, five people from a small country town have the same nightmare. Upon the arrival of a pilgrim, the village is taken off its mediocre routine and the characters are thrown on the vortex of an uncommon situation. Each one’s truth will come to light, releasing them of the wicked hypocrisies, fears and diseases, compelling them to take control of their fate and rewrite their life.

Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade 2013 ( 8)

Mais a soma de seus possíveis: parte 1 2020 ( 10)

To understand electrical wirings 2024

“To understand electrical wirings" is the recording of two improvisations by Luiz Rocha (clarinet), André Togni (drums), Kino Lopes (percussion), and Mathias Durand (voice, guitar, electronics), taking place completely in the dark, with a single light source coming from a flashlight fixed above the camera, whose curious look is led by Xavier Braun. For the second improvisation, this camera has all its settings misadjusted. In the editing stage, Braun takes advantage of the plasticity provided by the light saturation to distort the image, as well as with histograms that overlap the recording, which totaled 78 minutes. The concert took place at Mica and Barata's house in December 2022. Brasília - DF, Brasil

Maedeh/Mina 2024 ( 10)

Being two improvisations starting from the same pre-fixed coordinates – constant and pseudo-periodic arches and blows – "Maedeh" and "Mina" were recorded in a homemade fashion and later mixed by Bruno Cunha, and filmed by Xavier Braun in mid-2022, in the same period as the recording of "Quiprocó" (2023), set of compositions by Kino Lopes.

Bus 174 2002 ( 7.384)

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

June - The Riots in Brazil 2014 ( 8.8)

In the month of the Brazil World Cup, the documentary shows how the demonstrations against an increase in public transportation fares in São Paulo in June of 2013, evolved to national scale, reaching hundreds of cities. The movement took over one million people to the streets and it became an uprising against corruption, the lack of public services and the copious spendings on the World Cup. The film proposes a reflection on the changes conquered by protesters and asks the question: will tomorrow be bigger?

O Muro 2017 ( 5.6)

Envisioned in the midst of the greatest political crisis in Brazil’s history, this documentary investigates the polarization that has unprecedentedly inflamed a country in which miscegenation and cordiality are considered to be founding myths and its parallel in the world. Edging the border of documentary, the film builds an urgent portrait of Brazil today.

Sieged: The Press vs. Denialism 2020 ( 8)

Behind the scenes of news coverage during the pandemic. Follow the work of the professional press in a fight against denialism.

The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros 2022 ( 8.5)

This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the ultimate seat of South American power. Told through intimate interviews with some of those closest to him including his eldest son Flávio, former government ministers, as well as his opponents, explore Bolsonaro’s brilliant yet ruthless journey to the presidency, with high-stakes drama, guns and God.

The Pit 2020 ( 6.1)

Markuss must adapt to a new life living with his granny in the countryside. After Emīlija – a neighbor’s daughter – throws some contemptuous remarks about the boy’s father, Markuss decides to teach her a cruel lesson. This has severely negative consequences which resonate throughout the village. Forced to work the boy begins to harbor hatred towards the others in the village. The only person the boy can relate to is an old Sailor living in the nearby woods. They inspire one another and keep each other’s secrets. It is only through an accidental turn of events that Emīlija’s mother’s intended sanctions against Markuss and the boy’s reputation in the eyes of the inhabitants of the village radically change.

Outlaw Love 1979 ( 5.3)

Police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he looks for a serial killer, he also searches for his estranged daughter, Sandra, whom he kicked out of the house. Lives intersect when the serial killer, Toninho, befriends Sandra, now an exotic dancer and prostitute living and working in the seamy underside of late 1970s Rio.

CODA 2008

Hostile 2023

Belly Up 1997 ( 5.7)

Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear.

O Cineasta das Platéias 2002

This documentary, produced by the Mazzaropi Institute, shows movie scenes, testimonials of researchers, historians, intellectuals, and popular artists. As a bonus, it shows parts of Mazzaropi's last appearance on TV, on Hebe Camargo Show.

The Ship - A Trip With São Paulo Jazz Symphonic 2013

São Paulo, Brazil. One of the biggest cities in the world. Actually, the largest metropolis in cultural crossings and color blending in a huge compositions and social experiences, especially in its musical soundscapes. São Paulo Jazz Symphonic, a single Ship in world's performances, represents a sound metaphor to this cultural phenomenon, combining popular culture and scholar arrangement. In a magic point of view and atmosphere, cinema and music get together as a symphonic picture, a syncromic film language. Light and sound projected in rhythms and line to reveal 90 musicians, among them Cyro Pereira, to create a fabulous method to play and produce world mainstream arts. This trip reveals the meaningful strength from popular culture in Latin America history, by aesthetics emotion and thrilling images through five years shooting endurance.

Desvirtude 2021 ( 6.5)

Kenia, a black journalism student, is attacked during an activity at the university, and has to deal with repercussions and retaliations in her case.

Red Was the Color of Their Lips 1983

Filmed with a Super 8, this independent production portrays discrimination among homosexuals themselves and stereotypes often attached to gay men. At a Carnival camp, two boys meet and get involved. One of them catches the other dressed as a woman. A disagreement ensues.

Closes 1982

A documentary produced in super-8 with a mixture of fiction. It caused a stir wherever it was shown, having to be subjected to the censorship in force at the time of the military regime. It poetically addresses the various prejudices and conflicts that involve the field of sexuality. Two men star in love scenes. Testimonials by Lauro Nascimentos, Eleonora Menicucci, João Silvério Trevisan, Henrique Magalhães and popular people about conflicts involving affection between people of the same sex.

A Short Film About: Lis & Luíz N/A

While I was wandering around I met a girl named Lis. I went to her house, was forced to watch a masochistic Maid's movie, then we watched All About Lilly Chou-Chou together, had extreme philosophical conversations until 5:36 in the morning; I left and slept happily, unfortunately not every day is eternal.

Tape 0: The origin of a Doppelgänger 2000

3 young people performed a mystical ritual and were possessed by professional actors, with their bodies already taken over by possession, they opened discord and shared their screen, pouring out hatred and resentment and anger and smegma and sadness for all human beings on planet earth. After 24 hours, they realized that this was all for nothing, as it was a lie. La ele.

Bootstrap Stairs 2023

Nora is filming a short film at college with her group until she argues with her friend and decides to take the stairs to meet them on the next floor. When she sees that the floors are not changing, she starts to go down the stairs in despair until a vision of her grandfather comforts her and directs her the way back.

La Bella Durmiente N/A

VIPs 2011 ( 6.4)

Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds the call of a drug dealer and uses his boss' plane to help the man to transport his cargo. He is hired by the drug lord to work transporting drugs in his airplanes. When he is arrested by the Federal Police, he does not rat his gang and the leader of the cartel gives a large amount of money as a bonus and asks him to leave the gang since he is known by the police. Marcelo uses the money to promote a party in the Carnival of Recife pretending to be the son of the owner of the Gol (a Brazilian air flight company). He lures the high-society, including the television presenter Amaury Jr. Marcelo is arrested again and is sent to prison. During a rebellion, he uses his leadership to present the claims of the prisoners and help to control the situation.

Orfeu 1999 ( 5.4)

Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.

Reus, la vuelta al barrio 2023

In the mythical Reus neighborhood, two families dispute control of the area. One of them fights to recover their place and the other to resolve unfinished business. The conflict generates a spiral of violence that causes a confrontation between the new generations.

Tropclip 1985

Enterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in making video clips for rock groups.

Mulher Oceano 2020 ( 5.5)

After relocating to Tokyo, a Brazilian writer begins a new novel, provoked by her experiences in Japan and by one of the last scenes she witnessed in Rio de Janeiro: a female swimmer tearing up the horizon with powerful strokes in the wide, open sea. Those two women apparently share no connection, until their lives start to interfere in one another, strangely linked through the sea. Hannah, the writer, plunges into a journey of self-discovery in Japan, while Ana, the swimmer in Rio de Janeiro, oddly has her body transformed into some kind of inner Ocean.